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Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1924-05-16

Ohio Jewish Chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1924-05-16, page 01

Cettlral Ohio's Onl^
Jewish Newsfiapef Rtaching Every Honit
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER K)R THE JEWISH HOME
Dmmted to American
arid
Jewish IdeaU
Volume VI — No. 52
COLUMBUS, orno. uw ,r,. ,024
Council Leader Makes a Stirring Plea For Sane Americanism
Estelle M. Sternberger Declares
Humanity Sununons America
Back to Sanity in Its Appli-
ctation of American Ideals
and Principles
SAYS OUR COUNTRY'S ATTITUDE BETRAYS
A LACK OF FAITH
NEW YORK —Jn the leading edi¬ torial of "Thc Jewish Woman," Estelle M. Sternberger, Executive Secretary of the iNation.il Council of Jewish Women, declares that humanity summons Amer¬ ica back to sanity in its application of American ideals and principle.'!. In this editorial devoted to. the subject of sane Americanism. Mr.s. Sternberger makes the following observations on the.trend of immigr&nt legislation:
"For tiiany years under Hhe inspiration of thc melting-pot idea, Americans glor¬ ified the power of our country and its institutions to win to its ideals every im¬ migrant, no matter what' his national . origins might be. An unfortunate ten¬ dency has recently appeared among some of our legislators and citizens- to chal¬ lenge this distinctive feature of Amer¬ ica's history. It is "an attitude that savors of pessimism, of a tragic lack of faitli in 'the sanity of those principles that have won for our land the admira¬ tion of nations, of their poets and their statesmen, of thc world's idealists and its men of affairs.
"It is one thing to urge the need for restricting the number of immigrants that shall enter our ports from year to year, or to plead the justification of se- Icctiye immigration that shall open our doors only to those who are men¬ tally, morally and physically fit. It is a far different thing to resort to unscien¬ tific methods and conclusions, based on apparent prejudices, and to declare cer- ' '; tain peoples unassimilable, undesirable
' and - impossible of Americanization: Those who sympathize with 'the point of iE^ .v).«.,.«*-.-.y»evir-.einbraced in the proposed Joliijson vo:>„..,.-..,.'..-.-»s,..itnni>gTaTioii- bill'liave"g6*ie't<j these'very lengths, a position that Americans, less than teni years ago, would have con¬ demned with all the force of eloquence at their command.
It is amazing to obser\'e with what boldness 'they flaunt their opinions and •with what Hagrance they disregard the sensibilities of those elements in Ameri¬ can life whose contributions deny the Tightness of the accusations leveled against the peoples of southern and southeastern Europe. Only recently Representa'!ivc Johnson,- the father of " the bill which provides for a 2 per cent
quota law, based on the census of 1890, in addressing a meeting in Philadelphia, made several un-American allusions to the Jew. Be it said to the credit of thc Nation Council of Jewish Women that one of its National Directoi's, a resident of that city, arose at the conclusion of thc speaker's address and, in counter- challenge, gave voice to those ideals of Americanism that every Jew and Jewess ' of this land have come to treasure and
tq defend with 'their life's blood. It was the point of view that has been so ably formulated and expressed by our Depart¬ ment of Immigrant Aid in its frequent disctissions of the immigration question. "Anjerica is in sore need of the voice and influence, of a Theodore Roosevelt and of a Jacob A. Riis. America must be unburdened of its fears before it strays too far from the path which it had traversed with such confidence and assurance throughout these many de¬ cades. America must be awakened to the lurking danger of forfe^Jlting thc priceless jew;el that the ages have be¬ queathed her —the jewel of tolerance, of devotion to the ideal of mankind's fundamental kinshif) — a jewel whose brilliance pierces the thickest cloud.
"Humanity summons America back to sanity."
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SEGAL AND MATUSOFF
ELECTED TO SPHINX
Mr. Albert E. Segal and Mr. Jacob MatuiolT were among the twelve stUaent* to be elect¬ ed members of the Sphi{ix,the senior honorary socie^^at Ohio State University. The high standard to be maintained : in all college activities during the freshman, sophomore and juni- ior years by the students elect¬ ed to this society, marks it the highest honor bestowed on a senior.
Mr. Segal is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Segal of Chilli¬ cothe, and Mr. Matdsoff is the son of Mr. and Mrs. I. Matu- so(f of Daytonj Both are mem¬ bers cif the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity.'
International Cong, of Women Protests vs. Anti-Semitism
Gobart Declares that Henry Ford
is Responsible for Present
Anti-Semitic Exeo^es
in Most European
Countries
f?
Haunch, Paunch ^iad Jaul"
and Th|j Hebrew Schools
By DR. B. Wi JlBRAMSON
(Specially written for The Onio Jewish Chronicle)
BODY WILL FIGHT
ANTI-SEMITISM IN
EUROPEAN LANDS
CORRECTION
In the announcement of the Monett- Bloom wedding which appeared in last week's issue of the Chronicle the officiating rabbi was Rabbi Benjamin Werne of the Tifereth Israel Temple instead of Rabbi I. Werhe pf the Agu¬ dath Achim Con^fregation. ' '
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growing even in Ireland, stated Mile. Gobart.
"We can trace the stages in the pros¬ ecution of the Jewish race," stated Mile. Gobart, who is a non-Jewess. "At the beginning it was the difference in re¬ ligion, then it was a difference in race which made them hated, and now the movement has come into the economic sphere and tqday anti-Semitism is a form of the war for economic su¬ premacy, started by industrialism and capitalism
"I consider it the duty of the Women's International League for Peace to pro¬ test against anti-Semitism, and to try to wojk against this form of war."
Mile. Gobart was vigorously applauded and was followed by other speakers on the same subject. Mme. Yella Hertzka, a Jewish delegate from Austria, and Mme. Augusta l-Circhoff, a non-Jewess from Germany, described conditions' in their respective countries. The only delegate who was able to 'make an en¬ couraging statement was Mme. Audree Jouve of France, who declared that in France there is no nationalis'tic feeling against the Jews.
At the conclusion of the discussion. Miss Jane Addams, President of the League and Chairman of the Congress, announced that the question of. anti- Semitism should receive the atten'tion of the entire world organization,' and in¬ structed the Secretary to send out ques- tionaires on the subject. It is also un¬ derstood that, the International oflice at Geneva will initiate steps against anti- Semitisiii in all its branches. A resolution was then passed by the Congress urging the League of Nations to create a' special standing commission for the -protection of minorities, to be' composed of delegates from the Assem¬ bly of the League. Considerable atten¬ tion was given to the question of minor¬ ities during the sessions.
Among the outstanding women attend¬ ing the Congress were a number of Jewesses, including Rosika Schwimmer of Hungary, Mella Hertzka of Austria, Dr. Aletta Jacobs and Lotte Heller of Holland and Gertrude Baer of Germany.
RABBI PELKOWITZ ATTENDS . MIZRACHI AND AGUDATH HARABONIM CONVENTION
WASHINGTON (J. T. A.)—That Henry Ford is largely responsible for the anti-Semitic movement in most of the European countries, and particularly in Switzerland, was the statement made to¬ day by Madamoisellc Marguerite Gobart, delegate from Switzerland to the Fourth International Congress of the Women's International League for Peace, which has been in session here since April 30th, with delegates representing thirty coun¬ tries.
In describing this movement Mile. Go¬ bart stated that, for example, iij Switzer¬ land some papers and periodicals are en¬ tirely directed against the Jews, and even the daily press publishes all^sorts of 1 .. . iJ>;QVi>£aUvtf.attidesi;iAttSgSsJtfiS^
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' One of the books that has recently caused thc greatest sensation among Jewish readers, is undoubtedly "Haunch, Paunch and Jaul," an anonymous auto¬ biography of one, who rose to Judicial prominence from the ranks of gangster¬ ism.
This book deals with thc question of gangsterism among the Jews of New -York and is trying to trace the causes that lead to the development of this cancerous growth upon thc Jewish body politic.
It is not my purpose here to join either of the camps that this book called into existence among the critics and in the general reading public. Sufiice it to say, that this Ijook called forth a great deal of condemnation from the pens of such eminent men as Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, Rabbi Samuel Schulman, Reuben Brcinift, etc.; all claiming that this book is in reality a pasquille, a libel on the good name of New York Jewry and in¬ cidentally on American' Jewry.'
On thc other 'hand, there are quite a number of prominent Jewish publicists, who claim this book to be a true picture of conditions as they exist on the East Side and they express their belief that thc author deserved a great deal of credit for calling our attention to the existing evils in our midst and thus hasten per¬ haps the process of "house clea'ning."
"I will say that both contending par¬ ties are partly right and partly wrong. The author did not intend his book as a tirade against the Jewish people. He meant 'to become the historian of a cer¬ tain period, a transitional period, indeed, in the development of the Jewish com¬ munity in this country. It is hardly fair then to call this book a libel on the good Jewish name. " I
We must, however, concede the fact that the author grossly exaggerated and was altogether too realistic in his de¬ scription of thc Jewish underworld. Be-
sideff m lTis''"tfeatise,-*(icscfiBmg"6nly ithe
shad> pliascs of thc life of the East Sfdc, leaving out altogether the pathos aild tiie beauty in thc Jewish family life which is to be found in every Jewish family no matter how obscure and hum- bl'; it 111,-iy happen to be.
A^ 1 said above, it is not my purpose to joiu either the condemning or approv- itXi critics. There is another aspect in tli.» ])Of)k that has attracted my attention ar.d tliat is the question of the Hebrew SfhcHil and the role it played in the lives Of tlie gangsters, described in the book. •¦riie author of "Haunch; Paunch and Jaul" lias apparently no love for the Hebrew .school or Cheder, as he calls it. He ili'crics the squalor, filth and depress- ii4g .-itniosplicre that reigned in the dingy nirrruv and musty walls of the Cheder rCvn. His condemnation of the educa- tit'na! ¦system is perfectly justified. For- ttJiiately he is. behind times with his adcusafion. It may have been true, when tile author was a school boy; it is .vastly di/ftrciit now I
'',Tlic old' type "melamed'- is an extinct spjcii','-. and the dark, dingy top floor rooni tliat used to house the Cheder, has giVfii pl.ice to lofty sanitary structures, wiiic,!) are in no way inferior to 'the American public school buildings. The Hebrew teachers of today command'and dft get oft times a bigger salary than a go^d many University professors. And sihce-coiTipciisation has become adequate, fHp'I"'"'<-'Ssion of .teaching Hebrew, at¬ tracts people of high intelligence, erudi- ti(in and' learning.
fit is only just to admit that this meta- m'-Srphosis, this happy change for the b'dlter.in the field of-Hebrew and re¬ ligioui instruction came as a result of the shock Jewish consciousness received, when the sore of gangsterism became an o^en wound for outsiders to behold and fdr us to pine over.
}Thc phenomenon of gangsterism was i^ffyhngfi weed in our garden, an alien
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Jews Have Lowest Tuberculosis Death Rate Says Authority
Wonderful Results Have Been Brouglit About by the In¬ tensive Work of Their Own Sanatoria
OBSERVANCE OF DIETARY LAWS A VITAL FACTOR
Jewish Consumptives' Relief So¬ ciety Has Rendere^d Wonderful Service in Combatting Great White Plague
stand as enduring monuments to this fine irait of Judaism, to the humanitarian principles of the American Jewry. In them the sick, the old, the homeless, the orphan, the indigent, is griven sympathe¬ tic attention, and blessed relief.
Tliis year, one of the greatest of these institutions, the largest of its kind in the 'Aorld, the Jewish Consumptives' Relief .S(jciety of Denver, Col., is celebrating its tfft'ntieth birthday. This anniversary murks truly a milestone in the progress (.f American Judaism, and, in a discus- iion of Jewish humanitarian and phil¬ anthropic achievements, it is interesting t<' recall the remarkable history of this institution.
; It was founded on January 2, 1904, in , iienver. Col., by' a handful of consump- IS NOW CELEBRATING ''=^"- ^ix small canvas tents and a lit-
ITS 20TH BIRTHD \Y 1 ''^' wooden shack on a 25 acre tract of
TROOP 72 OF TEMPLE ISRAEL TO HOLD AN¬ NUAL PARENTS NIGHT
Scout Troop 72 of Temple Is¬ rael will hold its aecond annual Parents night at Bryden Road Temple Wednesday eveninK, May 28, 1924, at S P. M.
The committee in charge of the Boy Scouts of Temple Is¬ rael is very anxious to have' the parents see just what fine work is being accomplished and, in order to do this most effectively, plans are being made to have the boys demon¬ strate to them on that evening exactly what work they have -.been doing.
Every father and mother is urgently requested to be pres¬ ent.
Four of the official Scout ex¬ ecutives from Scout Headquar¬ ters will assist in reviewing the Troop's activities and address the boys on Scout duties.
Last Meeting of .Sisterhood at the Bryden Rd Temple
Is Marked by a Most Beautifully
Appointed Luncheon in the
Vestry Room of Temple
OFFICERS FOR COMING
YEAR ARE ELECTED
NEW YORK. —The question of im¬ migration is one that stirs the interest of thc Jewish people of the nation. The recent action of thfc Congress curt.-i,iliii« the immigration' quotas effects seriously our Jewry, and the imputation in thi.s act
uncultivated land were the beginnings '¦' thc Sanatorium' of this institution. ' oday, it is a city in itself. It contains f'-enty-five modern, fire-proof buildings, [lived streets and sidewalks, a complete ¦ .nitary system, own vegetable farms, liry and poultry farm, a co-operative
that the Jews are not equal to the Nordic ore, a library and a theatre. Since its
races is one to challenge our pride.
In this connection it may be interest¬ ing to note that the Surveys recently, completed by thc New York Tubcrculoi sis Association show that the Jewish population of Greater New York has the lowest tuberculosis incidence — a death rate of only 80 per 100,000. How low
I'u-eption it has admitted almost 5,000 r' uients.
The. growth of this institution is typi- al of, the manner in which the Jewish icople have always taken care of their iwn. The J. C. R. S. was developed not .lirough the help of one or two wealthy men, but through the-constant support of
Raljbi E. Pelkowitz of the Ahavas Sholom and Beth Jacob, cpngregations ot this city has gone to New York City as a delegate to the Mizrachi Conference which was held the e^rly paft of the week at; Hotel Pennsylvania.
While there the Rabbi will also attend the Agudath Harabonim ' Convention which is to be held the latter part pf the week aTThe Broadway Central Hotel arid
at which more Ihan one hundred- and- -one A^ho saves ihe whole warUJ-*: fifty prominent Tabbis- from ¦ all part^ of the country will be present.
this is may be realized by rememberinji! tlm masses. Jewish men and women in that thc death rate, from tuberculosis L-ery walk of life in the number of 150,- aniong other racial groups in the city, iiOO have had their share in building it runs as high as 398 per 100,000. u!'.
The low tuberculosis mortality anc! 1 The Jewish people w<tre thc first racial better resistance of our people are no group to build their own tuberculosis doubt due to a great' extent to their \va- .sanatoria: in one of them, Jewish Con¬ ditional clean, continent, moral life. »iiniptives' Relief Society of Denver, After centuries of Ghetto confinement, tliey founded a sanatorium based on cer- the Jewish people have learned fo live \ tain new principles. It was decided that in the close quarters of the great cities, i consumptives should be admitted without
and maintain their unity and health in the face of congestion, lack- of air and sunshine, and hard vvork, by a strict ad¬ herence to theif ancient Mosaic laws. Btit yet to another great extent this low death rate of the Jews is dueto'the ceaseless vigilance and care tjakeiv byl the Jews of the country of their sick and their unfortunates. As carefully as they have fbllowejl ^ the .dletar/^ganitary, and moral precepts of their forefathers, so (Jutifully they have kept the ancient com¬ mandments of humanity and pity, con¬ sidering iit a first duty to see that no'sick one, no starving, no homeless -jew be without cart, without relief, never for¬ getting the old Talmudic admonition' "He who saves one life, is considered as
The great Jewish, institutions pf hcjl; ing and succor that dot the country
regard to 'the stage of their disease, that no restriction be made against advanced cases. Furthermore, no applicant was to be barred because of religion or race. N'o red tape was to delay the admission of emergency cases. Not a cent was to lie paid _by any patient—everything was to be absolutely free. And so it has been—the Jewry of America has paid for tfie relief and cure of all its, patients, and each patient was allowed to remain ill the Sapatorium as long as necessary. As a Jewish institution the J. C. R. S. felt it ineumbent to conduct its Sana- toritim on strictly Kosher lines. The Jew—no tnatter if orthodp'x or not—is too, much knit together with the customs and traditions of his race not to feel un¬ easy T^nd uncomfortable, ill .4., millieu strains. |o hi,m»<^JIe^^t hjjiVie homelike (Concluded on page Ay
Thc last meeting of the yeaV of the Rose E. Lazarus Sisterhood was iriarked by a most beautifully appointed luncheon held Tuesday, May 13th, at the Brydeti Road Temple. Lovely lilacs, smilax and tulips, given by various members of the Sisterhood, were placed unsparingly on the long tables.
Rabbi Jacob Tarshish of the Bryden Road Temple made the opening prayer, which was followed l)y a song written especially for the Roge E. Lazarus Sis¬ terhood and sung by Miss Estelle Fisher.
At two o'clock began the business
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reports of the officers arid committee chairmen and election of officers. The reports were given in a most informal and novel manner.
The stage was divided into two sec¬ tions by a screen and in each section was placed a table on which stood a tele¬ phone. Mrs. Marcus Burnstine, presi¬ dent, asked Mrs. S. D. Edelman, record¬ ing secretary,' to call each officer and chairman and ask her just what her com¬ mittee had done during the' past year. The chairman called, answered the tele¬ phone in the other section and in this way all reports were given, some in verse, others ill song, and still others in a gossiping manner. The afternoon meeting proved as delightful as the luncheon which preceded it.
Mrs. Marcus Burnstine in her opening address, welcomed the' ladies of the; Newark and Zanesville Sisterhoods who attended the luncheon and meeting. Re¬ ports were read by the Mesdames Mar cus Burnstine, S. D. Edelman, Arthur Loeb, I. David, H. Zeiger, I. Wolf, Louis Kahn, A. R. Weiler. I. A. Rosenthal, Sol Goldsmith, Julius Goldberg, Leo Katz, J. C. Goodman, Al H. Harmon, Nathan Gumble, I. Simmons, Arthur Isaac, Frank, Nusbaum and E, Jaros. Mrs. Louis Kahn's report was read by Mrs. Joseph -Basch; Mrs. Jaros' report, by Miss Coryne Basch, and Mrs. Nathan \ Gumble's report, by Mrs. \l. H. Har; man and little daughter.
Mrs. Burnstine thanked all retiring officers and directors and expressed sat¬ isfaction with the manner in which-they executed their respective duties. A uniongram was sent Mrs. A. W. Loeb. who was acting president during the early part of 1923, and who was not well enough to be present at the meet¬ ing.
Mrs. Schiff of (Newark and Mrs. Bril¬ lant of Zanesville, gave short talks on the work being done by their organiza¬ tions. , ^ ,
Refreshments were served at the close of the meeting. Mrs. Sol Goldsmith and her committee were in cliarge of the luncheon. ,
The newly elected officers.are: Mrs. Marcus H. Burnstine, president'; Mrs; Nathan Gumble, first vice-president; Mrs. Louis Kahn, second vice-president; Miss Mary Loewenst'Cin, corresponding secretary; ^rs. S. D. Edelman, record¬ ing secretary; Miss Julia Steinfeld, treasurer; ^ts. A. H. Harmon, auditor; and the Mesdames Russel Joseph, Julius Goldberg, Hsijinah Jacobs, Morris Mitchell, Frank Hoffman, directors.
Immig. Bill Is Recom¬ mitted to Conference By a Narrow Vote
Japanese Exclusion Provision is Chief Point of Contention According to Despatch From Washington
LAGUARDIA INDICTS IMMIGRATION BILL
IN BITTER TERMS
Heive you paid your subscription for 1924 ?
WASHINGTON (J. T. A. Special Despatch). By the narrow vote of 191 to 171, the immigration bill as; reported by the joint House-Sena'le ConfercnQC Committee was, on motion of Congress¬ man, Sabath, late today rejected by the House and sent back to conference with instructions to, the House coriferccS to disagree with the Senate on thc so-called Coolidge provision postponing Japanese exclusion to Marph 192y.
This set-back to the immigration bill resulted-' from a combination of forces between the Pacific Coast Japanese ex- clusionists, led by Cqn^ressman Raker of California and the Democrats, led by Congressman Garrett of Tennessee, mi- norjty leader, who apparently seized the opportunity of making a^political move to deprive Coolidge of the Pacific Coast states in the coining presidential election, by j placing the Democratic party, on record as favoring absolute immediate Japinese exclusion as opposed 'to Cool- ide's conservative policy of delay and conciliation.,
Some members of Congress, predicted that today's action has killed the immi¬ gration bill tliis session because it will never be reported back by the confer¬ ence for the reason that President Cool¬ idge and his supporters will compell the Republican conferees to suppress such action in order to save the administra- . tion from an embroglio with Japan and the possible embarrassing necessity of a TPresideiitial veto. "
On the other hand, others disagree with this prediction, saying that the con¬ ferees will bow -to the House wishes and make Japanese exclusion effective imme¬ diately, and report back the bill before the session is over.
which forecast is correct. 'HowwevKc- ' publican Majority Leader Longworth, in today's debate, before a vote was taken gave warning that recommitment to con¬ ference meant "playing into the hands of, those who want to open wide the gates of America to all immigration, whether you know it or not," because re- , commitment might destroy the possi¬ bility of 'enactiiig the immigration bill this session, leaving ho numerical re¬ striction to immigration after July 1st when the present quota law expires.
Today's events witnessed the curious spectacle of Sabath, the leading immi¬ gration friend and Raker, 'arch-enemy of immigration, both working together for the same object — to recommit the bill — but for different ultimate objects and motives.
Sabath opposed the conference bill and advocated recommitment in order, if possible, to delay further immigration re¬ striction by this session. Raker opposed it merely to force a more drastic Japan¬ ese exclusion.
While officially and finally the recom¬ mitment vote was on Congressman Sa- bath's motion, the first vole occurred on Congressman Raker's amendment to Sahath's "motion, instructing the con¬ ferees to disagree oiu; the Japanese ex¬ clusion postponement. This was carried by a vote of 189 to 174, and the ensuing (Concluded on page 4.)
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Of filters to Be Elected at Next Menorah Meeting
To Be Held at the Ohio Uniim Tomorrow (Sun¬ day), May 18, at 2:30 P. M.
A iplenilid program has been arranged for the lait meeting of the Menorah. Society^of Ohio 9tate University to be held Sunday (tomorrow) afternoon at the Ohio Union at 2i30 P. M. All member* and l;riend* of the , Menorah are urged to be prea- - ent. ¦ Matter* of the utmost im¬ portance will be brought up for discussion. Mrs. George Good¬ man will give several readings and several students will fur¬ nish music for the occasion.
The Menorah'filso announces that it,^wiil give, a concert and dance Saturday evening. May 24. at 8 o'clock, in the Ve»tiry Room of the Bryden Ra*1d Temple. Meinbers of Temple Israel as well as titwjl^nts of O. S. U. are cordtwliy welcome.

Cettlral Ohio's Onl^
Jewish Newsfiapef Rtaching Every Honit
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER K)R THE JEWISH HOME
Dmmted to American
arid
Jewish IdeaU
Volume VI — No. 52
COLUMBUS, orno. uw ,r,. ,024
Council Leader Makes a Stirring Plea For Sane Americanism
Estelle M. Sternberger Declares
Humanity Sununons America
Back to Sanity in Its Appli-
ctation of American Ideals
and Principles
SAYS OUR COUNTRY'S ATTITUDE BETRAYS
A LACK OF FAITH
NEW YORK —Jn the leading edi¬ torial of "Thc Jewish Woman," Estelle M. Sternberger, Executive Secretary of the iNation.il Council of Jewish Women, declares that humanity summons Amer¬ ica back to sanity in its application of American ideals and principle.'!. In this editorial devoted to. the subject of sane Americanism. Mr.s. Sternberger makes the following observations on the.trend of immigr&nt legislation:
"For tiiany years under Hhe inspiration of thc melting-pot idea, Americans glor¬ ified the power of our country and its institutions to win to its ideals every im¬ migrant, no matter what' his national . origins might be. An unfortunate ten¬ dency has recently appeared among some of our legislators and citizens- to chal¬ lenge this distinctive feature of Amer¬ ica's history. It is "an attitude that savors of pessimism, of a tragic lack of faitli in 'the sanity of those principles that have won for our land the admira¬ tion of nations, of their poets and their statesmen, of thc world's idealists and its men of affairs.
"It is one thing to urge the need for restricting the number of immigrants that shall enter our ports from year to year, or to plead the justification of se- Icctiye immigration that shall open our doors only to those who are men¬ tally, morally and physically fit. It is a far different thing to resort to unscien¬ tific methods and conclusions, based on apparent prejudices, and to declare cer- ' '; tain peoples unassimilable, undesirable
' and - impossible of Americanization: Those who sympathize with 'the point of iE^ .v).«.,.«*-.-.y»evir-.einbraced in the proposed Joliijson vo:>„..,.-..,.'..-.-»s,..itnni>gTaTioii- bill'liave"g6*ie't;QVi>£aUvtf.attidesi;iAttSgSsJtfiS^
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' One of the books that has recently caused thc greatest sensation among Jewish readers, is undoubtedly "Haunch, Paunch and Jaul," an anonymous auto¬ biography of one, who rose to Judicial prominence from the ranks of gangster¬ ism.
This book deals with thc question of gangsterism among the Jews of New -York and is trying to trace the causes that lead to the development of this cancerous growth upon thc Jewish body politic.
It is not my purpose here to join either of the camps that this book called into existence among the critics and in the general reading public. Sufiice it to say, that this Ijook called forth a great deal of condemnation from the pens of such eminent men as Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, Rabbi Samuel Schulman, Reuben Brcinift, etc.; all claiming that this book is in reality a pasquille, a libel on the good name of New York Jewry and in¬ cidentally on American' Jewry.'
On thc other 'hand, there are quite a number of prominent Jewish publicists, who claim this book to be a true picture of conditions as they exist on the East Side and they express their belief that thc author deserved a great deal of credit for calling our attention to the existing evils in our midst and thus hasten per¬ haps the process of "house clea'ning."
"I will say that both contending par¬ ties are partly right and partly wrong. The author did not intend his book as a tirade against the Jewish people. He meant 'to become the historian of a cer¬ tain period, a transitional period, indeed, in the development of the Jewish com¬ munity in this country. It is hardly fair then to call this book a libel on the good Jewish name. " I
We must, however, concede the fact that the author grossly exaggerated and was altogether too realistic in his de¬ scription of thc Jewish underworld. Be-
sideff m lTis''"tfeatise,-*(icscfiBmg"6nly ithe
shad> pliascs of thc life of the East Sfdc, leaving out altogether the pathos aild tiie beauty in thc Jewish family life which is to be found in every Jewish family no matter how obscure and hum- bl'; it 111,-iy happen to be.
A^ 1 said above, it is not my purpose to joiu either the condemning or approv- itXi critics. There is another aspect in tli.» ])Of)k that has attracted my attention ar.d tliat is the question of the Hebrew SfhcHil and the role it played in the lives Of tlie gangsters, described in the book. •¦riie author of "Haunch; Paunch and Jaul" lias apparently no love for the Hebrew .school or Cheder, as he calls it. He ili'crics the squalor, filth and depress- ii4g .-itniosplicre that reigned in the dingy nirrruv and musty walls of the Cheder rCvn. His condemnation of the educa- tit'na! ¦system is perfectly justified. For- ttJiiately he is. behind times with his adcusafion. It may have been true, when tile author was a school boy; it is .vastly di/ftrciit now I
'',Tlic old' type "melamed'- is an extinct spjcii','-. and the dark, dingy top floor rooni tliat used to house the Cheder, has giVfii pl.ice to lofty sanitary structures, wiiic,!) are in no way inferior to 'the American public school buildings. The Hebrew teachers of today command'and dft get oft times a bigger salary than a go^d many University professors. And sihce-coiTipciisation has become adequate, fHp'I"'"'"itfa^'ft'-tia^^
reports of the officers arid committee chairmen and election of officers. The reports were given in a most informal and novel manner.
The stage was divided into two sec¬ tions by a screen and in each section was placed a table on which stood a tele¬ phone. Mrs. Marcus Burnstine, presi¬ dent, asked Mrs. S. D. Edelman, record¬ ing secretary,' to call each officer and chairman and ask her just what her com¬ mittee had done during the' past year. The chairman called, answered the tele¬ phone in the other section and in this way all reports were given, some in verse, others ill song, and still others in a gossiping manner. The afternoon meeting proved as delightful as the luncheon which preceded it.
Mrs. Marcus Burnstine in her opening address, welcomed the' ladies of the; Newark and Zanesville Sisterhoods who attended the luncheon and meeting. Re¬ ports were read by the Mesdames Mar cus Burnstine, S. D. Edelman, Arthur Loeb, I. David, H. Zeiger, I. Wolf, Louis Kahn, A. R. Weiler. I. A. Rosenthal, Sol Goldsmith, Julius Goldberg, Leo Katz, J. C. Goodman, Al H. Harmon, Nathan Gumble, I. Simmons, Arthur Isaac, Frank, Nusbaum and E, Jaros. Mrs. Louis Kahn's report was read by Mrs. Joseph -Basch; Mrs. Jaros' report, by Miss Coryne Basch, and Mrs. Nathan \ Gumble's report, by Mrs. \l. H. Har; man and little daughter.
Mrs. Burnstine thanked all retiring officers and directors and expressed sat¬ isfaction with the manner in which-they executed their respective duties. A uniongram was sent Mrs. A. W. Loeb. who was acting president during the early part of 1923, and who was not well enough to be present at the meet¬ ing.
Mrs. Schiff of (Newark and Mrs. Bril¬ lant of Zanesville, gave short talks on the work being done by their organiza¬ tions. , ^ ,
Refreshments were served at the close of the meeting. Mrs. Sol Goldsmith and her committee were in cliarge of the luncheon. ,
The newly elected officers.are: Mrs. Marcus H. Burnstine, president'; Mrs; Nathan Gumble, first vice-president; Mrs. Louis Kahn, second vice-president; Miss Mary Loewenst'Cin, corresponding secretary; ^rs. S. D. Edelman, record¬ ing secretary; Miss Julia Steinfeld, treasurer; ^ts. A. H. Harmon, auditor; and the Mesdames Russel Joseph, Julius Goldberg, Hsijinah Jacobs, Morris Mitchell, Frank Hoffman, directors.
Immig. Bill Is Recom¬ mitted to Conference By a Narrow Vote
Japanese Exclusion Provision is Chief Point of Contention According to Despatch From Washington
LAGUARDIA INDICTS IMMIGRATION BILL
IN BITTER TERMS
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WASHINGTON (J. T. A. Special Despatch). By the narrow vote of 191 to 171, the immigration bill as; reported by the joint House-Sena'le ConfercnQC Committee was, on motion of Congress¬ man, Sabath, late today rejected by the House and sent back to conference with instructions to, the House coriferccS to disagree with the Senate on thc so-called Coolidge provision postponing Japanese exclusion to Marph 192y.
This set-back to the immigration bill resulted-' from a combination of forces between the Pacific Coast Japanese ex- clusionists, led by Cqn^ressman Raker of California and the Democrats, led by Congressman Garrett of Tennessee, mi- norjty leader, who apparently seized the opportunity of making a^political move to deprive Coolidge of the Pacific Coast states in the coining presidential election, by j placing the Democratic party, on record as favoring absolute immediate Japinese exclusion as opposed 'to Cool- ide's conservative policy of delay and conciliation.,
Some members of Congress, predicted that today's action has killed the immi¬ gration bill tliis session because it will never be reported back by the confer¬ ence for the reason that President Cool¬ idge and his supporters will compell the Republican conferees to suppress such action in order to save the administra- . tion from an embroglio with Japan and the possible embarrassing necessity of a TPresideiitial veto. "
On the other hand, others disagree with this prediction, saying that the con¬ ferees will bow -to the House wishes and make Japanese exclusion effective imme¬ diately, and report back the bill before the session is over.
which forecast is correct. 'HowwevKc- ' publican Majority Leader Longworth, in today's debate, before a vote was taken gave warning that recommitment to con¬ ference meant "playing into the hands of, those who want to open wide the gates of America to all immigration, whether you know it or not," because re- , commitment might destroy the possi¬ bility of 'enactiiig the immigration bill this session, leaving ho numerical re¬ striction to immigration after July 1st when the present quota law expires.
Today's events witnessed the curious spectacle of Sabath, the leading immi¬ gration friend and Raker, 'arch-enemy of immigration, both working together for the same object — to recommit the bill — but for different ultimate objects and motives.
Sabath opposed the conference bill and advocated recommitment in order, if possible, to delay further immigration re¬ striction by this session. Raker opposed it merely to force a more drastic Japan¬ ese exclusion.
While officially and finally the recom¬ mitment vote was on Congressman Sa- bath's motion, the first vole occurred on Congressman Raker's amendment to Sahath's "motion, instructing the con¬ ferees to disagree oiu; the Japanese ex¬ clusion postponement. This was carried by a vote of 189 to 174, and the ensuing (Concluded on page 4.)
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Of filters to Be Elected at Next Menorah Meeting
To Be Held at the Ohio Uniim Tomorrow (Sun¬ day), May 18, at 2:30 P. M.
A iplenilid program has been arranged for the lait meeting of the Menorah. Society^of Ohio 9tate University to be held Sunday (tomorrow) afternoon at the Ohio Union at 2i30 P. M. All member* and l;riend* of the , Menorah are urged to be prea- - ent. ¦ Matter* of the utmost im¬ portance will be brought up for discussion. Mrs. George Good¬ man will give several readings and several students will fur¬ nish music for the occasion.
The Menorah'filso announces that it,^wiil give, a concert and dance Saturday evening. May 24. at 8 o'clock, in the Ve»tiry Room of the Bryden Ra*1d Temple. Meinbers of Temple Israel as well as titwjl^nts of O. S. U. are cordtwliy welcome.